#reginaldgammon

African American painter, printmaker, and educator Reginald Gammon found inspiration in many different sources and chief among them was his love of music. Towards the end of his life Gammon created a collection of over 100 prints of historically significant gospel singers and jazz musicians. His *fully digitized* papers includes a wide range of material, including correspondence, writings, teaching files, printed material, photographs, and sketches and drawings. Image Citation: Assorted drawings and sketches by Reginald Gammon, c. 1937-1999

Image information for cat illustrations: Illustrations by Gammon for the children’s book The Cat Who Was Different, also featured in last year’s exhibition Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art.

"Freedom Now" (1963) by Reginald Gammon. From 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,' published by D.A.P. & @tate⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Curators @markgodfrey1973 & @zoe.whitley begin their essay: "We begin in 1963 with the formation of Spiral, a ‘group of Negro artists’ as they called themselves, who assembled in New York to work out a shared position on what it meant to make art within the wider context of the Civil Rights movement. 'Soul of a Nation' takes into account major events such as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; the murder weeks later of four little girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama; the commanding oratory and assassinations of both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.; the Watts Rebellion; unifying calls for Black Power and global pan-Africanism; the formation of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and the subsequent violent suppression of its leaders; Angela Davis’s imprisonment; and the Attica Prison uprising. Many of the illustrated artworks refer explicitly to these events and people. As important is the wider cultural landscape in which visual artists were working; where John Coltrane revolutionized jazz music, Baraka set alight the literary world with contentious poems and plays, Marvin Gaye recorded What’s Going On, and Nigeria convened what was then the largest ever pan-African arts festival…"⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more via linkinbio!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Please order from your local independent #bookstorehero — many are reopening or offering curbside pickup! A list of #blackownedbookstores is here: https://manylink.co/@artbook⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #soulofanation #reginaldgammon #backpower #soulofanation #freedomnow #protest #civilrights⁠⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWu6cXJoT0/?igshid=1eihxbt5m7y5o

"Freedom Now" (1963) by Reginald Gammon. From 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,' published by D.A.P. & @tate⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Curators @markgodfrey1973 & @zoe.whitley begin their essay: "We begin in 1963 with the formation of Spiral, a ‘group of Negro artists’ as they called themselves, who assembled in New York to work out a shared position on what it meant to make art within the wider context of the Civil Rights movement. 'Soul of a Nation' takes into account major events such as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; the murder weeks later of four little girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama; the commanding oratory and assassinations of both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.; the Watts Rebellion; unifying calls for Black Power and global pan-Africanism; the formation of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and the subsequent violent suppression of its leaders; Angela Davis’s imprisonment; and the Attica Prison uprising. Many of the illustrated artworks refer explicitly to these events and people. As important is the wider cultural landscape in which visual artists were working; where John Coltrane revolutionized jazz music, Baraka set alight the literary world with contentious poems and plays, Marvin Gaye recorded What’s Going On, and Nigeria convened what was then the largest ever pan-African arts festival…"⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more via linkinbio!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Please order from your local independent #bookstorehero — many are reopening or offering curbside pickup! A list of #blackownedbookstores is here: https://manylink.co/@artbook⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #soulofanation #reginaldgammon #backpower #soulofanation #freedomnow #protest #civilrights⁠⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUqtnSJfih/?igshid=v9nsbwhmtn8p

“Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” opens today @deyoungmuseum !! The exhibition of the decade, maybe the century. Featured here, #davidhammons #geraldwilliams #emmaamos #williamtwilliams #reginaldgammon #emorydouglas #barkleylhendricks We are proud to have copublished the landmark exhibition catalog, which is now making its fifth stop, en route from @tate @crystalbridgesmuseum @brooklynmuseum & @thebroadmuseum to @mfahouston in 2020 #soulofanation #blackpower #blackartist #africanamericanartist #soulofanation #blackpower #blackart #blacklivesmatter #civilrights #blackpanther https://www.instagram.com/p/B4m_Q70JsWw/?igshid=7z8uevvcnuxb

Freedom Now, 1963 by #ReginaldGammon as part of #SoulOfANation at @thebroadmuseum. Check out my IGTV or Link in Bio for my Review Essay on the show. • #ArtAboveReality #LookWhatArtFound #Inspiring #Art #Curator #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #ArtMarket #ContemporaryPainting #CollectArt #ContemporaryArtCollectors #LiveWithArt #ArtConsultant #ShotOniPhone #PartsOfPaintings #Galleries #ContemporaryArtist #Influencer #ArtistsOnInstagram (at The Broad) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxcxAVvH0ZP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5rb5i1tigler